In Washinton state, the whole election thing is somewhat different now. In the primaries the two candidates who get the most votes are the ones who make it to the general. So it is quite possible for both candidates to be from the same party. This brings up all sorts of possible strategies used by political parties and candidates. For instance, if a Republican who has been elected for several terms by garnering a slim majority, over the Dummycrat, is faced with a fairly strong opponent from someone who claims to be of her own party, they split the votes. The Dummycrat has no opponent from their own party, so they get all the Dummycrat votes and will for sure be on the general ballot. That leaves the Republicans to fight it out to see which one makes the general. In this case if you slip a ringer in as a candiate for the purpose of splitting the vote up enough, the ringer might end up on the general ballot too. It guarantees that a Dummycratic wins--even if the winner might possibly be a Rino.
The word about this Joe Kent is that he was a registered Dummycratic in Portland Oregon until fairly recently. Then he moves across the river to Washington and becomes a staunch Republican. I suppose it might be legit, but I think it's a bit too coincidental and I think the Dummycrats will do anything to get, or keep the power.
Yes, Jamie deserved to lose, but if the price for that is another commie in the House, that's too high a price.
